The young winger left the Championship for Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.
Oliver Burke
A report in the Daily Mirror has suggested that Nottingham Forest could ultimately earn £17m from the sale of Oliver Burke despite the club’s owner hinting in a previous interview that the deal simply involved a £13m up-front fee.
The 19-year-old completed a move to Bundesliga side RB Leipzig during the final days of the window, and Fawaz Al-Hasawi attempted to shed some light on how the money shall be paid, BBC Sport report.
“When they said £13m and we will pay it in one go without a sell-on clause, I said ‘OK’,” he told BBC Sport.
Nottingham Forest chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi
“The money we got from the sale is good for the club, especially as they paid the money in one go. It’s good business.”
But despite the Forest owner suggesting that the deal was not a complicated one, in terms of how the money would be paid, the Mirror suggests that the Championship side could end up pocketing another £4m if the Scotland international makes 100 appearances for his new club.
Regardless of how much Forest stand to make out of Burke’s sale, there is no doubt that the youngster’s decision to join the side he did took many by surprise.
The Mirror claims that almost every Premier League team were keen to bring him to their club during the window, as were Bayern Munich.
But the Mirror adds that Spanish giants Barcelona were also monitoring his situation, and sent representatives to Munich as the winger closed in on a move to Germany.
But while a switch to Bayern or to the Catalan giants may have been more appealing, he surely stands a much better chance of enjoying the kind of regular first-team football at Leipzig that will see his former team earn the additional £4m, if the clause does indeed exist.
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